Posted by Aaron Ford on January 04, 2011 at 12:19:13 from (98.157.83.178):
In Reply to: Pertronix Installed posted by Aaron Ford on January 04, 2011 at 09:48:11:
It used to require choke, and two crank attempts. To get the tractor to run steady and produce power, the carb had to be set rich. I have been able to back off the idle mixture and tighten up the main. It will now pull off cleanly from a dead stop in third high range. I am sure there is more power to be had. I initially set the advance to 5 degrees, but suspect I can get it to run cleaner with some fine tuning.
I, too, have had many vehicles, power equipment, tractors, and snowmobiles that run perfectly fine with points and condensors. I think this one did not have enough spark for the compression increase. At 7:1, it would have been fine.
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